Recent content by davcon

I have a Cyberpower UPS as well, and I don't recall how long it was before the new smell went away. My last mobo smelled for a couple of weeks.

Power down and reset your bios jumpers/button or just pull the cmos battery for a couple of minutes. Power down means turn off the psu/pull cord out/press case power for a second before sticking your hands in the case.

If you saved your previous files on the hdd just disconnect it until you've successfully installed the OS onto your SSD. Enter bios and double check that AHCI is enabled. Hook up your new SSD as first boot device and re-install the OS. For gaming a SSD in AHCI is fast for loading. I have games I...

Go to Nvidia site and download the latest graphics drivers. You'll also have to download all the other drivers with yellow flags in device manager. Those will be on your mobo driver cd or directly from Asus site.

It's releasing Volatile organic compounds from the plastics used to manufacture the product. Like a new car does,eventually it will dissipate.

Well in my experience your chances of overclocking on a vanilla mobo are next to nil. Try F10 when booting pc. You'll find no settings for overclocking.

It will do both 60 and 30hz depending on the displays resolution. Just make sure you buy DP v1.3 or v1.2a at this point in time from a certified manufacturer. Accell and Startech are certified with lifetime warranties. Bought a cable from an uncertified supplier and surprise it didn't work.

Nothing really since you never stated your ram kit speed. If your kit is over 1600mhz it would be important though.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H81M-HDS/?cat=CPU Can't guarantee if your mobo will ship with bios version P1.60

What @Calnin said neither of those the XIGMATEK X-CALIBRE are junk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVt4w1M9R9s The Zalman is decent but usually overpriced in most markets. Any other brand choices in your area?

Do you have System Restore enabled on your SSD? Go to advanced settings(protection tab) delete all but the most recent system restore point. You might also want to change pagefile size(smaller) if you have 8GB or more system ram.

Update your bios first before you do the swap. The 4790K requires bios version 0330.

Your hdd temps are ok and safe. The wires stuffed on top won't help temps but won't hurt either if you're running at below 40C.

Well then a Corsair/ANTEC or an EVGA unit would be a huge improvement over the dubious EZcool.

Just buy a Seasonic G Series 650W or X series and be done with it. Your build is top end and deserves a top end psu.